On 1/31/2021 2:23 PM, Master Bruce wrote:
> On Sun, 31 Jan 2021 14:07:16 -0600, BryanGSimmons
> > wrote:
>
>> On 1/31/2021 1:38 PM, Master Bruce wrote:
>>> On Sun, 31 Jan 2021 13:06:14 -0600, BryanGSimmons
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 1/30/2021 10:25 PM, Alex wrote:
>>>>> Sqwertz wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> John Kuthe...
>>>>>> Did you get any LED light strings with it?Â* A grow tent? Maybe a few
>>>>>> bumper stickers?Â* ....some Klipsch speakers?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -sw
>>>>>
>>>>> You forgot a candle.
>>>>>
>>>> "You should never hold a candle if you don't know where it's been."
>>>> --Ian Dury
>>>
>>> Billericay Dickie
>>>
>> New Boots and Panties is one of the paradigm examples of Rock'n Roll.
>
> Great album. I saw him live in the 70s. I still have a buzz in my
> ears.
>
I saw him too. He opened for Lou Reed, the "Street Hassle" tour. Lou
was ****ed off about the sound, and twice he kicked a monitor into the
orchestra pit. **** him. He was washed up by then anyway. The
Blockheads were amazing. I have seldom been impressed with live shows.
I went out and bought the album the very next day.

--
--Bryan

On Sunday, January 31, 2021 at 2:40:27 PM UTC-6, wrote:
....
> >
> I saw him too. He opened for Lou Reed, the "Street Hassle" tour. Lou
> was ****ed off about the sound, and twice he kicked a monitor into the
> orchestra pit. **** him. He was washed up by then anyway. The
> Blockheads were amazing. I have seldom been impressed with live shows.
> I went out and bought the album the very next day.
>
> --
> --Bryan

I remember that show too! Ian Dury and The Blockheads was definitely the best part of at least that particular show.

Yeah, Lou was ****ed about his sound equipment.

John Kuthe...

On 1/31/2021 2:50 PM, John Kuthe wrote:
> On Sunday, January 31, 2021 at 2:40:27 PM UTC-6, wrote:
> ...
>>>
>> I saw him too. He opened for Lou Reed, the "Street Hassle" tour. Lou
>> was ****ed off about the sound, and twice he kicked a monitor into the
>> orchestra pit. **** him. He was washed up by then anyway. The
>> Blockheads were amazing. I have seldom been impressed with live shows.
>> I went out and bought the album the very next day.
>>
>> --
>> --Bryan
>
> I remember that show too! Ian Dury and The Blockheads was definitely the best part of at least that particular show.
>
> Yeah, Lou was ****ed about his sound equipment.
>
The Blockheads' performance was one of the best live shows I've ever heard.
>
> John Kuthe...
>


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BryanGSimmons wrote:
> The Blockheads' performance was one of the best live shows I've ever heard.

Best live performance I've ever heard was "Rod Stewart and Faces" in the
mid-1970's.

I was never a fan plus the radio stations had "played to death" his
song, "Maggie Mae" for the past year. YAWN
I only went because my girlfriend insisted we go.

Two other good known bands played first then they came out.
I was blown away. Best damn thing I'd ever heard. Even "Maggie Mae"
rocked, played loud and live. I was stunned.

Next day or so, I went out and bought several of their albums.


Worst ever concert was the "Greatful Dead" with Jerry Garcia's LONG, lsd
inspired guitar solos. (Please wake me up when he's finished)

On 2/1/2021 7:41 AM, Gary wrote:
> BryanGSimmons wrote:
>> The Blockheads' performance was one of the best live shows I've ever
>> heard.
>
> Best live performance I've ever heard was "Rod Stewart and Faces" in the
> mid-1970's.
>
> I was never a fan plus the radio stations had "played to death" his
> song, "Maggie Mae" for the past year. YAWN
> I only went because my girlfriend insisted we go.
>
> Two other good known bands played first then they came out.
> I was blown away. Best damn thing I'd ever heard. Even "Maggie Mae"
> rocked, played loud and live. I was stunned.
>
> Next day or so, I went out and bought several of their albums.
>
>
> Worst ever concert was the "Greatful Dead" with Jerry Garcia's LONG, lsd
> inspired guitar solos. (Please wake me up when he's finished)
>

My #2 girlfriend was named Maggie, and her last name was May. She was
mean, in the end, even mean to me. I don't think most guys found her
particularly pretty, but I adored her. My friends all thought me
henpecked and pussy-whipped. Even my mother didn't particularly like her.

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On 2/1/2021 2:58 PM, BryanGSimmons wrote:
> On 2/1/2021 7:41 AM, Gary wrote:
>> BryanGSimmons wrote:
>>> The Blockheads' performance was one of the best live shows I've ever
>>> heard.
>>
>> Best live performance I've ever heard was "Rod Stewart and Faces" in
>> the mid-1970's.
>>
>> I was never a fan plus the radio stations had "played to death" his
>> song, "Maggie Mae" for the past year. YAWN
>> I only went because my girlfriend insisted we go.
>>
>> Two other good known bands played first then they came out.
>> I was blown away. Best damn thing I'd ever heard. Even "Maggie Mae"
>> rocked, played loud and live. I was stunned.
>>
>> Next day or so, I went out and bought several of their albums.
>>
>>
>> Worst ever concert was the "Greatful Dead" with Jerry Garcia's LONG,
>> lsd inspired guitar solos. (Please wake me up when he's finished)
>>
>
> My #2 girlfriend was named Maggie, and her last name was May.Â* She was
> mean, in the end, even mean to me.Â* I don't think most guys found her
> particularly pretty, but I adored her.Â* My friends all thought me
> henpecked and pussy-whipped.Â* Even my mother didn't particularly like her.
>
I responded to a friend calling me pussywhipped by writing a song by
that name:

*************
Soft are the ropes surrounding me
And warm, are the chains that bind my feet
Smooth, like your most extreme demand
Enslaved, and I wait on your command

Pussywhipped, I once was fancy free
Newest girl that really got to me

Dazed, since the days of old are gone
Was crazed, now I'm really movin' on
Gotta move, on the trail to higher ground
You're there, so I never turn around

Pussywhipped, I once was fancy free
Newest girl that really got to me
*************

The song got re-lyricked as The Bonobos' song, *Dust to Dust*.

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In article >, says...
>
> On 2/1/2021 2:58 PM, BryanGSimmons wrote:
> > On 2/1/2021 7:41 AM, Gary wrote:
> >> BryanGSimmons wrote:
> >>> The Blockheads' performance was one of the best live shows I've ever
> >>> heard.
> >>
> >> Best live performance I've ever heard was "Rod Stewart and Faces" in
> >> the mid-1970's.
> >>
> >> I was never a fan plus the radio stations had "played to death" his
> >> song, "Maggie Mae" for the past year. YAWN
> >> I only went because my girlfriend insisted we go.
> >>
> >> Two other good known bands played first then they came out.
> >> I was blown away. Best damn thing I'd ever heard. Even "Maggie Mae"
> >> rocked, played loud and live. I was stunned.
> >>
> >> Next day or so, I went out and bought several of their albums.
> >>
> >>
> >> Worst ever concert was the "Greatful Dead" with Jerry Garcia's LONG,
> >> lsd inspired guitar solos. (Please wake me up when he's finished)
> >>
> >
> > My #2 girlfriend was named Maggie, and her last name was May.* She was
> > mean, in the end, even mean to me.* I don't think most guys found her
> > particularly pretty, but I adored her.* My friends all thought me
> > henpecked and pussy-whipped.* Even my mother didn't particularly like her.
> >
> I responded to a friend calling me pussywhipped by writing a song by
> that name:
>
> *************
> Soft are the ropes surrounding me
> And warm, are the chains that bind my feet
> Smooth, like your most extreme demand
> Enslaved, and I wait on your command
>
> Pussywhipped, I once was fancy free
> Newest girl that really got to me
>
> Dazed, since the days of old are gone
> Was crazed, now I'm really movin' on
> Gotta move, on the trail to higher ground
> You're there, so I never turn around
>
> Pussywhipped, I once was fancy free
> Newest girl that really got to me
> *************
>
> The song got re-lyricked as The Bonobos' song, *Dust to Dust*.
>

Here's another version -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lYv3K47S-8
--
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David Crossley

On Mon, 1 Feb 2021 14:58:54 -0600, BryanGSimmons wrote:

> On 2/1/2021 7:41 AM, Gary wrote:
>> BryanGSimmons wrote:
>>> The Blockheads' performance was one of the best live shows I've ever
>>> heard.
>>
>> Best live performance I've ever heard was "Rod Stewart and Faces" in the
>> mid-1970's.
>>
>> I was never a fan plus the radio stations had "played to death" his
>> song, "Maggie Mae" for the past year. YAWN
>> I only went because my girlfriend insisted we go.
>>
>> Two other good known bands played first then they came out.
>> I was blown away. Best damn thing I'd ever heard. Even "Maggie Mae"
>> rocked, played loud and live. I was stunned.
>>
>> Next day or so, I went out and bought several of their albums.
>>
>>
>> Worst ever concert was the "Greatful Dead" with Jerry Garcia's LONG, lsd
>> inspired guitar solos. (Please wake me up when he's finished)
>>
>
> My #2 girlfriend was named Maggie, and her last name was May. She was
> mean, in the end, even mean to me. I don't think most guys found her
> particularly pretty, but I adored her. My friends all thought me
> henpecked and pussy-whipped. Even my mother didn't particularly like her.

Here's the appropriate folk-song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL2_hKqE1C4

On 2021 Feb 1, , Gary wrote
(in article >):

> Worst ever concert was the "Greatful Dead" with Jerry Garcia's LONG, lsd
> inspired guitar solos. (Please wake me up when he's finished)

The worst live performer I ever saw was Gordon Lightfoot. I adored his music,
but he abruptly came on stage, performed his songs and left. He had zero
on-stage personality, and I already owned all the songs.
Reno used to be a performer´s paradise. Not so much anymore.
I did see Kenny Rogers in Harrah´s Cabaret when he was resurrecting himself
after The First Edition. He sang "Coward of the County" to us before the
song took off, all by himself, twenty feet away and with personality.
I also saw Bill Haley sing "Rock Around the Clock" in a small club toward
the end of his career.

Leo wrote:

> On 2021 Feb 1, , Gary wrote
> (in article >):
>
>> Worst ever concert was the "Greatful Dead" with Jerry Garcia's LONG, lsd
>> inspired guitar solos. (Please wake me up when he's finished)
>
> The worst live performer I ever saw was Gordon Lightfoot. I adored his music,
> but he abruptly came on stage, performed his songs and left. He had zero
> on-stage personality, and I already owned all the songs.
> Reno used to be a performer´s paradise. Not so much anymore.
> I did see Kenny Rogers in Harrah´s Cabaret when he was resurrecting himself
> after The First Edition. He sang "Coward of the County" to us before the
> song took off, all by himself, twenty feet away and with personality.
> I also saw Bill Haley sing "Rock Around the Clock" in a small club toward
> the end of his career.

I don't know why but I like Gordon Lightfoot, Don't tell anyone.

--
Bruce using the XPN news reader.

On Tuesday, February 2, 2021 at 6:59:35 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
> Leo wrote:
>
> > On 2021 Feb 1, , Gary wrote
> > (in article >):
> >
> >> Worst ever concert was the "Greatful Dead" with Jerry Garcia's LONG, lsd
> >> inspired guitar solos. (Please wake me up when he's finished)
> >
> > The worst live performer I ever saw was Gordon Lightfoot. I adored his music,
> > but he abruptly came on stage, performed his songs and left. He had zero
> > on-stage personality, and I already owned all the songs.
> > Reno used to be a performeræ„€ paradise. Not so much anymore.
> > I did see Kenny Rogers in Harrahæ„€ Cabaret when he was resurrecting himself
> > after The First Edition. He sang "Coward of the County" to us before the
> > song took off, all by himself, twenty feet away and with personality.
> > I also saw Bill Haley sing "Rock Around the Clock" in a small club toward
> > the end of his career.
> I don't know why but I like Gordon Lightfoot, Don't tell anyone.

If you like Lightfoot, try Stan Rogers:

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIjFpwsXhuI>

A little less "country" (but only a little) than Lightfoot.

Cindy Hamilton

On Tuesday, February 2, 2021 at 6:04:22 PM UTC-5, Leo wrote:
> On 2021 Feb 1, , Gary wrote
> (in article >):
> > Worst ever concert was the "Greatful Dead" with Jerry Garcia's LONG, lsd
> > inspired guitar solos. (Please wake me up when he's finished)
> The worst live performer I ever saw was Gordon Lightfoot. I adored his music,
> but he abruptly came on stage, performed his songs and left. He had zero
> on-stage personality, and I already owned all the songs.
> Reno used to be a performer´s paradise. Not so much anymore.
> I did see Kenny Rogers in Harrah´s Cabaret when he was resurrecting himself
> after The First Edition. He sang "Coward of the County" to us before the
> song took off, all by himself, twenty feet away and with personality.
> I also saw Bill Haley sing "Rock Around the Clock" in a small club toward
> the end of his career.

I've never been interested in seeing big names in big venues. There's a
folk music venue in Ann Arbor that started out in a big Victorian house.
All the first-floor parlors were opened up into an L-shaped space. The
center parlor had the performers and people sitting on cushions on the
floor; the two parlors on the legs of the L had folding chairs.

I saw some amazing acts there. One memorable one was a guy who
was used to playing nightclubs. He said he was a little weirded out
by people just sitting there and actually _listening_ to him.

Sadly, that house is no more; the new location is much bigger but
it doesn't have the intimacy that the old house had.

Cindy Hamilton

"Cindy Hamilton" wrote in message
...

On Tuesday, February 2, 2021 at 6:04:22 PM UTC-5, Leo wrote:
> On 2021 Feb 1, , Gary wrote
> (in article >):
> > Worst ever concert was the "Greatful Dead" with Jerry Garcia's LONG, lsd
> > inspired guitar solos. (Please wake me up when he's finished)
> The worst live performer I ever saw was Gordon Lightfoot. I adored his
> music,
> but he abruptly came on stage, performed his songs and left. He had zero
> on-stage personality, and I already owned all the songs.
> Reno used to be a performer´s paradise. Not so much anymore.
> I did see Kenny Rogers in Harrah´s Cabaret when he was resurrecting
> himself
> after The First Edition. He sang "Coward of the County" to us before the
> song took off, all by himself, twenty feet away and with personality.
> I also saw Bill Haley sing "Rock Around the Clock" in a small club toward
> the end of his career.

I've never been interested in seeing big names in big venues. There's a
folk music venue in Ann Arbor that started out in a big Victorian house.
All the first-floor parlors were opened up into an L-shaped space. The
center parlor had the performers and people sitting on cushions on the
floor; the two parlors on the legs of the L had folding chairs.

I saw some amazing acts there. One memorable one was a guy who
was used to playing nightclubs. He said he was a little weirded out
by people just sitting there and actually _listening_ to him.

Sadly, that house is no more; the new location is much bigger but
it doesn't have the intimacy that the old house had.

Cindy Hamilton

===

That is a shame It sounded lovely!

On 2021-02-03 4:36 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:

> I've never been interested in seeing big names in big venues. There's a
> folk music venue in Ann Arbor that started out in a big Victorian house.
> All the first-floor parlors were opened up into an L-shaped space. The
> center parlor had the performers and people sitting on cushions on the
> floor; the two parlors on the legs of the L had folding chairs.


I got turned off big concert events when I saw the Beatles. My friends
and I were thrilled to have got tickets, and they were pretty good
tickets, about a dozen rows from the front and near the middle of the
row. The opening act was King Curtis. They did their set and then the
Beatles came on. Fifteen thousand teenage girls started screaming and I
never heard a note, just the screaming.


>
> I saw some amazing acts there. One memorable one was a guy who
> was used to playing nightclubs. He said he was a little weirded out
> by people just sitting there and actually _listening_ to him.
>
> Sadly, that house is no more; the new location is much bigger but
> it doesn't have the intimacy that the old house had.

I thought I was ready for a larger venue event, but then I learned about
the ticket sales scams. A few years ago my son was going to get me
tickets for Mark Knopfler for my birthday. Tickets were to go on sale
at noon on a particular day. He called and suggested I try to, just in
case he could not.

I set up and account and sat at that site there until noon, all set with
an order for 4 tickets. They were sold out. However, they were
available on a ticket reseller site..... for twice the price.

Screw it. I am not going to play that game.

On 2/3/2021 4:36 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Tuesday, February 2, 2021 at 6:04:22 PM UTC-5, Leo wrote:
>> On 2021 Feb 1, , Gary wrote
>> (in article >):
>>> Worst ever concert was the "Greatful Dead" with Jerry Garcia's LONG, lsd
>>> inspired guitar solos. (Please wake me up when he's finished)
>> The worst live performer I ever saw was Gordon Lightfoot. I adored his music,
>> but he abruptly came on stage, performed his songs and left. He had zero
>> on-stage personality, and I already owned all the songs.
>> Reno used to be a performer´s paradise. Not so much anymore.
>> I did see Kenny Rogers in Harrah´s Cabaret when he was resurrecting himself
>> after The First Edition. He sang "Coward of the County" to us before the
>> song took off, all by himself, twenty feet away and with personality.
>> I also saw Bill Haley sing "Rock Around the Clock" in a small club toward
>> the end of his career.
>
> I've never been interested in seeing big names in big venues. There's a
> folk music venue in Ann Arbor that started out in a big Victorian house.
> All the first-floor parlors were opened up into an L-shaped space. The
> center parlor had the performers and people sitting on cushions on the
> floor; the two parlors on the legs of the L had folding chairs.
>
> I saw some amazing acts there. One memorable one was a guy who
> was used to playing nightclubs. He said he was a little weirded out
> by people just sitting there and actually _listening_ to him.
>
> Sadly, that house is no more; the new location is much bigger but
> it doesn't have the intimacy that the old house had.
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>
Large venues leave much to be desired. In 1974 I attended "The Memphis
Jam". It was a concert held in a huge outdoor stadium (The Liberty
Bowl) in Memphis. It was in July and hotter than hell outside. I saw a
lot of amazing bands, including 'Lynard Skynard'. This was, obviously,
before the plane crash that killed several major members of that band a
few years later. 'The Stones' were supposed to be top billing. My
friends and I gave up and went home after waiting 2 hours to see if
they'd ever show up. By then we'd been sitting outside for at least 6
hours.

We were tired by then and had to tramp through a whole bunch of people
spread out on blankets with coolers. Many drunk, many stoned. I'll
admit I was stoned and so were the friends I went with. But hey, it was
1974. I have no interest in reliving that large venue experience.

Jill

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On 2021 Feb 1, , Gary wrote
(in article >):

> Worst ever concert was the "Greatful Dead" with Jerry Garcia's LONG, lsd
> inspired guitar solos. (Please wake me up when he's finished)

The worst live performer I ever saw was Gordon Lightfoot. I adored his
music,
but he abruptly came on stage, performed his songs and left. He had zero
on-stage personality, and I already owned all the songs.
Reno used to be a performer´s paradise. Not so much anymore.
I did see Kenny Rogers in Harrah´s Cabaret when he was resurrecting himself
after The First Edition. He sang "Coward of the County" to us before the
song took off, all by himself, twenty feet away and with personality.
I also saw Bill Haley sing "Rock Around the Clock" in a small club toward
the end of his career.


===

Kenny Rogers is a favourite here))

On Tuesday, February 2, 2021 at 1:04:22 PM UTC-10, Leo wrote:
> On 2021 Feb 1, , Gary wrote
> (in article >):
> > Worst ever concert was the "Greatful Dead" with Jerry Garcia's LONG, lsd
> > inspired guitar solos. (Please wake me up when he's finished)
> The worst live performer I ever saw was Gordon Lightfoot. I adored his music,
> but he abruptly came on stage, performed his songs and left. He had zero
> on-stage personality, and I already owned all the songs.
> Reno used to be a performer´s paradise. Not so much anymore.
> I did see Kenny Rogers in Harrah´s Cabaret when he was resurrecting himself
> after The First Edition. He sang "Coward of the County" to us before the
> song took off, all by himself, twenty feet away and with personality.
> I also saw Bill Haley sing "Rock Around the Clock" in a small club toward
> the end of his career.
Mr. Lightfoot is famous for giving lousy performances. You can probably get odds on whether or not it'll be a lousy or okay performance in Vegas. Sounds like you went to a lot of concerts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKJNBxDCMIs

On 2021 Feb 3, , dsi1 wrote
(in >):

> Mr. Lightfoot is famous for giving lousy performances. You can probably get
> odds on whether or not it'll be a lousy or okay performance in Vegas. Sounds
> like you went to a lot of concerts.

I never went to an outdoor venue. It was nearly always in main showrooms and
cabarets of casinos. There was a plethora of entertainment stars in Reno in
the sixties and seventies.
The best goof-up I saw was Roy Clark breaking the D string on his guitar
during a complicated solo instrumental. Every time he was supposed to pluck
that string, he shouted "D!"
The most entertaining single performer I ever saw onstage was Leo Kottke. His
twelve-string playing was outstanding, and his personality was even better.
I was a Doc Watson fan. He was superb too.

On 1/31/2021 12:50 PM, John KOOKthe wrote:

> I remember

Nobody cares, shitstain.

You're still an unemployable failure and always will be!

You are a waste of air.

Nobody gives a shit about your house.
Nobody gives a shit about your sound system.
Nobody gives a shit about your car.
Nobody gives a shit about your exercise.
Nobody gives a shit about your chronic unemployment.
Nobody gives a shit about your mental illness.
Nobody gives a shit about your life.

NOBODY GIVES A SHIT ABOUT YOU. SHUT THE **** UP AND LEAVE!